Press releases

ISU World Cup season kicks off in Minsk
It is expected that taking part in the competitions will be 250 athletes from 27 countries, including well-known foreign athletes Kjeld Nuis (Netherlands), Martina Sablikova (Czech Republic), Pavel Kulizhnikov (Russia), Brittany Bowe (United States) and many others...

Belarus’ Junior Eurovision delegation to leave for Gliwice on 17 November
The delegation includes Liza Misnikova, her team and representatives of the Belarusian Television and Radio Company...

Belarus capable of booking some 100 Tokyo Olympic berths
As of 6 November, the Olympic qualifying requirements and standards were met by 63 Belarusian athletes across 51 events in 13 sports...

Shanghai to host Minsk Days on 7-9 November
The Minsk-Shanghai business forum is scheduled for 8 November. Top on the agenda will be contacts between the two cities, advanced technology, investment potential, and tourism...

Minsk hosting 2019 European Muaythai Championships
The competitions will feature more than 520 athletes from 26 countries...

Traditional Chinese medicine center in Minsk District
A China-Belarus center of traditional Chinese medicine opened at the Minsk Oblast Teaching Hospital on 3 November...

Lukashenko sends greetings to personnel of National Art Museum
“Over the past years the museum has implemented a number of interesting large-scale projects aimed at the enrichment of the nation, promotion of historical and modern values of Belarusians at the international level”...

Sabalenka 11th in WTA rankings
After winning the Hengqin Life WTA Elite Trophy Zhuhai, the Belarusian moved up three places from 14th with the total of 3,120 points...

Belarus-China media center to open at BSU Journalism Department
The media center will be used primarily for educational purposes. With the number of foreign students growing, the department needs to provide practical training for them...

Belarus Events Calendar: NOVEMBER 2019
Holidays, festivals, exhibitions...

Belarusian Dranik Fest featured at charity fair in Beijing
The Belarusian Embassy annually takes part in the event. Its pavilion attracted a lot of interest this year. Visitors were invited to taste draniki (potato pancakes) and other dishes of the Belarusian national cuisine...

Belarus to host Egyptian Culture Days on 29 October – 2 November
The relevant agreement was reached as part of the work to implement the roadmap on advancing Belarus-Egypt cooperation in 2018-2019. The official delegation will be led by President of the Academy of Arts of Egypt Ashraf Zaki...

Belarus win FIRST Global Challenge 2019
A total of 189 teams took part in the event...

Minsk among cheapest European capitals in terms of metro fare
Many of Europe's capital cities have extensive metro systems which let tourists and locals get around quickly, efficiently, and most of all, cheaply...

Belarus place 13th at 2019 Military World Games
Belarus won 14 (four gold, two silver and eight bronze) medals...

Belarusian State University jumps up Best Global Universities ranking
"The BSU ranks 346th, up 351 notches from the previous year. The BSU also ranks 153rd on the Best Global Universities in Europe"...

BelTA, Prensa Latina sign agreement on information exchange
The agreement provides for the regular exchange of news in Russian, Spanish and English on current developments in the domestic and international life of the two countries...

Grodno cerebrates this year's 100,000th visa-free visitor
Grodno attracts foreign visitors by the sights, the rich historical past and also events tourism, shopping. Medical and recreational tourism is growing more popular as well...

Over 500 rarities on show at Minsk Great Patriotic War Museum
“We decided to celebrate the anniversary with a new project which we have run for the part five years since we moved into a new building. The exposition featured more than 500 original museum items. Virtually all of them are exhibited for the first time”...

Archers secure second gold for Belarus at 2019 Military World Games
The Belarusian team of Karyna Dziominskaya, Karyna Kazlouskaya and Aliaksandra Kuratnik beat Russia...